Alright, let’s talk about the Royal Rumble winners. I’ve been messing around with some data, trying to see if there’s anything interesting hidden in the numbers.
First things first, I grabbed a list of all the Royal Rumble winners from the very beginning. I’m talking ’88 all the way to this year. Just a simple text file, one winner per line. Nothing fancy.
Then, I wanted to see who’s won the most. Obvious answer, right? But gotta check. I fired up Python and used a simple counter to tally up the wins. Turns out, yeah, it’s still Stone Cold with three. No surprises there, but good to confirm.
Next, I was curious about the average number they entered at. Like, is there an advantage to coming in late? I looped through the list again, this time pulling in the entry number for each winner. Added them all up, divided by the number of winners, and boom – average entry number. I think it hovered somewhere around 14-15. Not super late, but not early either.
- Grabbed Royal Rumble winners data.
- Counted wins per wrestler.
- Calculated average entry number for winners.
After that, I thought about weight. Are heavier guys more likely to win? This was a pain. I had to manually look up the weights of each wrestler at the time they won. Wrestler weights change over time, ya know? This took a while.
Once I had the weights, I calculated the average weight of a Royal Rumble winner. Then I compared it to the average weight of all Royal Rumble participants (a rough estimate, I admit, since getting every participant’s weight for every year is insane). Didn’t find a massive difference. Maybe a slight edge to heavier guys, but nothing conclusive.
Finally, I tried to see if there were any weird patterns in the years they won. Like, do certain names pop up every few years? I didn’t find anything mind-blowing. Just random chance, I guess.
Overall, nothing groundbreaking. Just a fun little data dive into Royal Rumble history. Maybe next time I’ll try to factor in height or number of eliminations. Who knows what I’ll find (or won’t find)!
